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All Around the Town

By Herbert , Asbury

Book information

Publisher
Pickle Partners Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
9781786259660, 1786259664
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2904945 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
History;True Crime;New York (N.Y.) -- History;New

Description

In the immediate sequel to The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners into a wonderful and surprising history of the whole city of New York. All Around the Town brings to authentic life a memorable range of characters, grifters, murderers and madmen. From?The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island? to?The Wickedest Man in New York? to?The Flour Riot of 1837,? these twenty-three lively and accessible accounts make for top-notch, eccentric popular history as told by a master.

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